Tonight's top show: Nick Waterhouse at Metro

Nick Waterhouse: Waterhouse may look like an engineering student, but don’t let that fool you -- the deceptively unassuming singer throws a dance party that teeters between thrilling and desperate. His band blasts out swanky rhythms that command hips to grind, 9 p.m. Thursday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., $16 and $18; metrochicago.com.